COVER TO COVER with Nina Serrano and Jack Foley Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 3:00 –4:00 p.m., KPFA 94.1 FM (available at the KPFA website) These are the times that try men’s souls And women’s too—may they try Trump These times of rigs and rigmaroles And, Darling, do you feel that lump? These times of … Continued
Nina Serrano and Jack Foley offering their service to the goddess, Poesia. William Blake: “To see a world in a grain of sand”; “Damn braces; Bless relaxes.” Tongue’s tales and cunning concatenations with KPFA’s interwoven pair.
Nina Serrano and Jack Foley—KPFA’s interwoven pair—are back again as May jumps into the calendar (May Day! M’aidez!). A special feature of today’s program will be a celebration of the great California (Oakland-born) poet, Robert Duncan (1919-1988). There will be an international celebration of Duncan at the Sorbonne from June 12 to June 14, but today’s show is strictly home grown. Nina and Jack will also contribute their special brand of hi-jinks.
If the Mueller report has you down, if the internet keeps quitting on you, if the skies in sunny California are gray gray gray, try pepping up and having a cup o’ cheer with Nina Serrano and Jack Foley, KPFA’s interwoven pair. Today’s show will feature a short segment featuring Thomas Stanton, Poet Laureate # 7 of Benicia. Mr. Stanton is, says Nina, famous locally for being “not understandable.” Stanton himself remarks that “Clarity is not my strong point.”Another segment will be a tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who turned one hundred years old on March 24, 2019
Several recent deaths cloud over the lively and affectionate badinage between good pals Nina Serrano and Jack Foley. Both have poems honoring the dead. Two by Nina in memory of her much-loved brother: For My Beloved Brother Philip Serrano (We’ll go no more a roving ….Lord Byron) I was shocked and grieved … Continued
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Nina Serrano and Jack Foley offering their service to the goddess, Poesia. William Blake: “To see a world in a grain of sand”; “Damn braces; Bless relaxes.” Tongue’s tales and cunning concatenations with KPFA’s interwoven pair.
